Back in Black

Nice. Got back from vacation on Monday and the markets have picked up just in time. My main thesis, that volatility will increase significantly for technology, has gotten some support from the markets. For my personal accounts, I have been using System HAG to determine entry points for the technology stocks I most want to own. I have been buying out-of-the-money options, and this strategy paid off quite well today. I'll start sharing snapshots of these accounts in the near future.

For now, we have some accounting to do. First of all, the System HAG bought Nuance last Tuesday and sold it last Wednesday for a gain of 1.78%. Additionally, the program bought Ameritrade yesterday and sold it today for a whopping gain of 9.39%.

Now, all together, System HAG has made 26 trades, each with an average gain of .887% over a 1 to 2 day holding period. Furthemore, if 1/4 of a fixed portfolio was invested in each trade, our portfolio would now be up 5.76% since the beginning of trading in February.